Where is human cloning legal?

What are the different forms of cloning? • How is a clone created? • What animals have been cloned? • Why is cloning so difficult? • What's the relationship between cloning and stem cells? • Why create a clone? • Why the controversy? • Is human cloning banned in the U.S.? • What countries have banned human cloning? read more

Human cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy (or clone) of a human. The term is generally used to refer to artificial human cloning, which is the reproduction of human cells and tissue. It does not refer to the natural conception and delivery of identical twins. The possibility of human cloning has raised controversies. read more

With few exceptions, human cloning in general is legal in the US. More specifically, therapeutic cloning of the type done in Oregon to produce embryonic stem cells (ESC) is legal in most states in the US including California. Just a handful of states ban therapeutic cloning. At the federal level therapeutic cloning is legal. read more

For 2017-18 Congress and Trump administration took steps toward repealing, replacing or revising the law. The Health Insurance Exchanges or Marketplaces opened for sales Nov. 1 in all 50 states; year six enrollment again runs from Nov. 1 -Dec. 15, 2018. read more